Isaac Marion

Oh hi!

patreon.com/isaacmarion

I have about 700 copies of The Burning World and about 800 of The Living that I need to sell, and when that’s done, I will move on and speak of Warm Bodies no more. Thank you for staying with me to the end.

I assume you mean UT-AZ Sovereignty? It’s one of the many seceded pseudo-nations that formed in the wake of the government’s collapse. A merger of Utah and Arizona that’s essentially a theocracy, completely insular and surrounded by a border fence so we don’t hear much about what goes on in there, though as we see in The Living, young people have started to cut holes in the fence and make a run for it...

Does anyone have any thoughts on Curious Cat? I’ve been thinking about moving my operations over there for reader questions and interactions, but honestly I’m not sure if it does anything that Tumblr’s ask function doesn’t already do. Thoughts?

We learn all we’re going to learn about her in The Living. M isn’t exactly eager to relive that era of his life. He’s moving on.

I think you misread something. There’s a part where she thinks about a photo she saw of her grandmother in Ethiopia, but that’s as close as she gets. Maybe you’re thinking of “Little Ethiopia,” which is the neighborhood in Washington DC where she grew up?

Let’s move.

I have negotiated its release. I am meeting the terrorists tomorrow to pay its ransom and bring it home to you.

I will respond to spoilery questions but only if they put SPOILERS FOR THE LIVING at the top of the question because if I put it in my answer it arrives too late!

Even the term NSFW itself pisses me off. This is the metric by which we’re judging all art, whether it’s “safe” for mainstream America’s miserable notion of “work”—which is of course a dystopian cubicle farm run by mindless HR drones who would choke at the sight of a female-presenting nipple. The term “NSFW” overlays every piece of art with the image of some office worker viewing it in their cubicle while the boss looks over their shoulder and we are all being forced to adapt our lifestyles to appease that poor drone’s imaginary boss. I’m furious.

Hmm, you’re right, I really should get to work on that final book...hold on a second...ok, finished! 

The fact that so many people ask me how I feel about this suggests that some authors disapprove of it, which is very strange to me. I can’t really imagine why this would be anything but flattering. I can’t actually read Warm Bodies fanfic, it’s too weird for me to hear my characters speaking in someone else’s voice, it’s like close friends of mine have been possessed by bodysnatchers, but I love that it’s out there. It’s a huge honor.

But thanks?